[Python-Dev] Classes that claim to be defined in __builtin__ but aren't

[Nick Bastin]

On Aug 9, 2004, at 6:16 PM, Jim Fulton wrote:

> James Y Knight wrote:
>> IMO classes ought to actually appear in __builtin__ if they claim 
>> they are defined there. Doing otherwise breaks reflection, as you 
>> have to add a special case for these class names to use the 
>> appropriate object from the types module instead.  Thoughts?
>
> I agree.

I think this should stand for functions as well.  help() is a good 
example.  It's a bit confusing for newbies that help.__module__ is 
'site', but 'site' isn't in their local namespace.

--
Nick